The book ban bill vetoed by Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte would have allowed parents to request books, films, and other items that depicted nudity and sexual contact to be removed from their child's school.
That bone-chilling screech you've heard in movies and on TV actually belongs to a different bird.
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Innis, now a state senator, has run for Congress twice previously, and was the dean of UNH’s business school.
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After a prospective deal to sell the long-vacant Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass., evaporated, the city's license commission is offering up the building's liquor license.
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The New Canaan Land Trust Firefly Sanctuary has two things fireflies need: darkness and woodlands — both of which are becoming harder to find.
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A similar bill passed the house in 2022, but was not taken up by the Senate. And there's another push on Beacon Hill to restrict how the technology is used by law enforcement.
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The former city council president is looking ahead at his plans for the next three months on the job.
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Authorities say Jesse Hippolite is responsible for at least a dozen bank robberies. He would enter the banks unarmed, but threatened tellers if they didn’t turn over money.
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Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other states, like Maryland and Virginia. Experts aren't quite sure why the disparity exists, but they suspect food abundance and habitat play a role. Climate change may alter both.
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Nearly a quarter of U.S. emergency department visits among people 60 and older resulted in a hospital stay. The rate goes up the older you get. That's why health experts recommend seniors pack an emergency go-bag to make surprise hospital visits better.
Stories from NENC journalists on how climate change is affecting New England's ecosystems.
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